Package: task-gnome-desktop
Version: 3.13
Severity: important
I just did an install from the nightly debian-installer, in text mode,
choosing default options all the way up to the tasksel screen.
In the tasksel screen, i chose "Graphical Desktop Environment" and
"Standard System Utilities", and nothing else. The desktop
environment selection appears to have chosen task-gnome-desktop for
me.
After the reboot following the installation, i am greeted with gnome's
nearly-content-free error message screen, complete with frowny-face
computer:
----------------
Oh no! Something has gone wrong.
A problem has occured and the system can't recover.
Please log out and try again.
[Log Out]
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weirdly, this screen seems to be a normal window thrown on top of a
functional destkop environment. If i press Alt+Spacebar, i can get
the window manager's menu, from which i can select "close", revealing
the desktop.
Most users won't be able to figure out this workaround, and instead
will repeatedly click the "log out" button, only to log in again and
be stymied again.
I don't know where to find debugging information to sort this out.
there are many spurious-looking messages in ~/.xsession-errors. I'm
attaching one .xsession-errors from a failed session to this bug
report. maybe the ones about gnome-settings-daemon failing to
register are the relevant ones?
I find that if i add the "Print Server" task from tasksel, log out,
and then log back in again, i don't get this mysterious message.
Perhaps gnome needs to be more resilient on systems where normal
printer daemons aren't installed? or some extra dependency is
missing? or both?
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages task-gnome-desktop depends on:
ii gnome-core 1:3.4+2
ii task-desktop 3.13
ii tasksel 3.13
Versions of packages task-gnome-desktop recommends:
ii gimp 2.8.2-1
ii gnome 1:3.4+2
ii hunspell-en-us 20070829-6
ii hyphen-en-us 2.8.3-2
ii iceweasel 10.0.7esr-2
ii libreoffice 1:3.5.4+dfsg-2
ii libreoffice-evolution 1:3.5.4+dfsg-2
pn libreoffice-gcj <none>
ii libreoffice-gnome 1:3.5.4+dfsg-2
ii libreoffice-help-en-us 1:3.5.4+dfsg-2
ii mythes-en-us 1:3.3.0-4
ii synaptic 0.75.12
ii system-config-printer 1.3.7-3
task-gnome-desktop suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
/etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
localuser:dkg being added to access control list
gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support.
gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
x-session-manager[19325]: WARNING: Session 'gnome' runnable check failed:
Exited with code 1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/home/dkg/.cache/keyring-JQqfLg/gpg:0:1
x-session-manager[19325]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
failed to register before timeout
(gnome-panel:19589): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accelerator_parse_with_keycode:
assertion `accelerator != NULL' failed
** (gnome-panel:19589): WARNING **: Unable to parse mouse modifier '(null)'
Initializing tracker-store...
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config
file:'/home/dkg/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config
file:'/home/dkg/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
Starting log:
File:'/home/dkg/.local/share/tracker/tracker-store.log'
Initializing tracker-miner-fs...
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config
file:'/home/dkg/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg'
Starting log:
File:'/home/dkg/.local/share/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.log'
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
(gnome-panel:19589): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accelerator_parse_with_keycode:
assertion `accelerator != NULL' failed
** (gnome-panel:19589): WARNING **: Unable to parse mouse modifier '(null)'
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-application-handlers
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-command-line
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-log-out
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-print-setup
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-printing
** (gnome-screensaver:19614): WARNING **: Config key not handled:
disable-save-to-disk
(gnome-panel:19589): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
/tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.32.3/./gobject/gsignal.c:2455: signal `size_request' is
invalid for instance `0xfe2c60'
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
cannot connect to brltty at :0
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid:
unable to get EDID for output
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): PackageKit-WARNING **: failed to set proxy:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5fengine_5ferror.Code3:
failed to obtain auth
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): updates-plugin-WARNING **: failed to set
proxies:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5fengine_5ferror.Code3:
failed to obtain auth
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to create
device: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed: failed to obtain
org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device auth
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): updates-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to get
symlink: Error when getting information for file
'/run/udev/firmware-missing/radeon/R100_cp.bin': No such file or directory
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new
account, reload devices
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new
account, reload devices
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new
account, reload devices
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new
account, reload devices
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): PackageKit-WARNING **: couldn't parse execption
'GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4:
GetDistroUpgrades not supported by backend', please report
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): updates-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get
upgrades:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4:
GetDistroUpgrades not supported by backend
(gnome-settings-daemon:19387): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new
account, reload devices
